Vibe coding is turning the music gear world upside down

They’re far more powerful and fun than their bargain price suggests. | Photo: Terrence O’Brien / The Verge If you spend any time on r/synthesizers or watch a lot of synth videos on YouTube, you've probably noticed the explosion of custom firmware for hardware synthesizers, samplers, and grooveboxes . What unites almost all of them is that they were made possible by increasingly sophisticated vibe coding tools.